Create folders on FTP server

[Hendo]

Hello all!

Ok, I'm writing an app that creates a specific folder tree on my FTP server. The app asks for a customer name and a project ID. When that is given and button is clicked, I want to create a folder name based off of the customer name, a subfolder under that with the Project ID number, and then 3 specific subfolders under the ProjectID folder. Here's my code:

FtpWebRequest req = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(custPath);             //---------------------
req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "passw");               // Create ftp folder for 
req.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.MakeDirectory;                           // customer name and project ID
FtpWebResponse makeDirectoryResponse = (FtpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();   //------------------------------

FtpWebRequest req1 = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(custPath1);           //--------------------
req1.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "passw");              // Creates XML folder
req1.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.MakeDirectory;                          //
FtpWebResponse makeDirectoryResponse1 = (FtpWebResponse)req1.GetResponse(); //--------------------

FtpWebRequest req2 = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(custPath2);           //-----------------------
req2.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "passw");              // Creates the Logs folder
req2.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.MakeDirectory;                          //
FtpWebResponse makeDirectoryResponse2 = (FtpWebResponse)req2.GetResponse(); //-----------------------

FtpWebRequest req3 = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(custPath3);           //-----------------------
req3.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "passw");              // Creates the Help Folder
req3.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.MakeDirectory;                          //
FtpWebResponse makeDirectoryResponse3 = (FtpWebResponse)req3.GetResponse(); //-----------------------

It worked once, and then never worked again. That's what really boggles me. Anyways, I now get a WebException was unhandled error: Remote server returned an error (550) File unavailable (not found, no access) on line 4 or the first FtpWebResponse makeDirectoryResponse statement.

As soon as the folders are created, I have a file uploaded to one of the folders. That actually works, but only if the folders are already there, so the above issue is holding me up.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Hendo

[Begginnerdev]

Have you verified that the ftp site allows folder creation?

Also, you can clean the code with something like the following:

private WebResponse CreateDirectory(string sDir)
{
    try {
        FtpWebRequest req = FtpWebRequest.Create(sDir);
        req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "passw");
        req.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.MakeDirectory;
        WebResponse Response = req.GetResponse;
        return Response;
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        Interaction.MsgBox(ex.ToString());
        return null;
    }
}

[Hendo]

Yes, folder creation is allowed.

Ok, please bear with me on this. Since my code is all under the button_click event, do I try your example under that button_click event, and repeat it the 4 times that I neeed?

[Begginnerdev]

You would call the code under your button click and pass in the path to create.

[Hendo]

I'm sorry. This doesn't work either. I should have stated this earlier...this is a .NET2.0 using VS2010. Not sure if that makes a difference or not.

[Begginnerdev]

It appears that in the coversion from VB.NET to C# that the code is not a working C# code.

Try something like this:

private WebResponse CreateDirectory(string sDir)
{
    try {
        FtpWebRequest req = FtpWebRequest.Create(sDir);
        req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "passw");
        req.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.MakeDirectory;
        WebResponse Response = req.GetResponse;
        return Response;
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        return null;
    }
}

When you say "This does not work either" do you mean that the code doesn't compile or that the code does not behave as wanted?

[Hendo]

The code does compile, but does not behave as wanted.

[Hendo]

Ok, I got it. The code was good. The problem is in the first folder create statement. The "custPath" variable was trying to create two folders at once. I had to break that down so the folders were created one at a time. It all works good now.

Thanks for the help Begginnerdev. I do appreciate you taking the time.

Hendo

[Begginnerdev]

No problem friend! Glad you could find a resolution!